obama people are able to talk about how they've gotten efficient. it will be tough for romney to combat that even if he had good press. he's losing in ohio, down by 5 to 7 depending on who you look at. everybody in d.c. is saying that it is hard to see how romney wins without ohio. if he doesn't have ohio, he has to run the rest of the table. that isn't going to happen. >> eliot: sam you mentioned it won't happen. they'll run away for mitt romney, the sure sign that confidence has gone to zero. tommy thompson has done this. >> tommy thompson today blamed his sagging poll numbers on romney. he's probably right. over the past two months, democrats have become double digit increase in their enthusiasm relative to republicans. also independents have gone up about 10 points in their enthusiasm to vote. it is impossible to imagine they become more excited about mitt romney. he is casting a poll over the entire race. >> eliot: does this increase the chance, assuming it is hard to see how democrats -- democrats are going to hold the senate the way things ar